I am thinking about purchasing the Toyota OEM boards (black) ... like the idea of having protection against rock chips, and the idea that they protrude enough to prevent door dings from small cars ... but I am not sure how they will work in the winter. Will they just be a snow/ice trap and promote corrosion?

I've ordered the running boards for my truck, my friend has them on his and he has no problem with them in the winter. He had them put on, then the underbody sprayed so that the mounting points would be protected.

I am thinking about purchasing the Toyota OEM boards (black) ... like the idea of having protection against rock chips, and the idea that they protrude enough to prevent door dings from small cars ... but I am not sure how they will work in the winter. Will they just be a snow/ice trap and promote corrosion?

A lot of people have them.... do a search. If you look in the blue bar towards the right - you'll see SEARCH. Type in "OEM Running boards" and you'll get lots of threads.

I just installed a set of Double cab running boards on my access cab.

I'm gonna guess and say that these running boards will protect your rocker panels from road debris, cinders, rocks, salt, etc. The only additional corrosion (I'm guessing) will be to the running boards themselves....

I am thinking about purchasing the Toyota OEM boards (black) ... like the idea of having protection against rock chips, and the idea that they protrude enough to prevent door dings from small cars ... but I am not sure how they will work in the winter. Will they just be a snow/ice trap and promote corrosion?